Nigeria (MNN) — Is violence against Christians in Nigeria random, or is it targeted? A new study from the Observatory of Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA) has brought in more data. The six-year study of nearly 80,000 killings in Nigeria found that Christians are disproportionate...
Already frail in health, J. Gresham Machen kept his appointment to preach in North Dakota. For someone reared in Machen’s world, the Presbyterian Church was far from being a “little flock,” as Jesus described his church (Luke 12:32). It was powerful in every area of civil and soc...
Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan . SUMMARY The Syr Darya River Basin, spanning Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, is a crucial water source for many communities in the Fergana Valley. Despite its importance, the basin lacks centralised management, leading to fre...
. Situation Report No. 21Earthquakes in Venezuela14 July 2026Time: 9:00 pm Highlights Following the 24 June earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 (18:00 local time), authorities report more than 1,200 aftershocks. Official toll: 4,734 people dead and 16,740 injured. A total of 6,4...
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Countries: Yemen, Saudi Arabia . The complementary funding will address urgent food insecurity while helping communities strengthen their resilience to future shocks. Yemen remains one of the world’s most severe hunger crises, with around half of the population facing food insecu...
Countries: occupied Palestinian territory, Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic . This annual report presents a comprehensive overview of the work undertaken by UNRWA’s Department of Health, highlighting the Agency’s continued presence, mandate, and indispensable role in deliver...
Countries: Jordan, occupied Palestinian territory . Based on a sample survey of 4,471 households from 2023, this report examines the living conditions and vulnerabilities of Palestinian refugees in Jordan. Focusing primarily on those who access UNRWA’s health, education and socia...
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. All information updated for 1 - 7 July 2026 [1] Days 997 - 1003 since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip Highlights The Gaza Strip The latest WASH Cluster monitoring, conducted in June, indicates a continued deterioration in water security, with 84 per cent of assessed hous...
Countries: Viet Nam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Thailand .5 million regional initiative funded by the European Union to save lives ahead of climate-fueled emergencies in Southeast Asia. Working with partners and governments, the programme will help communit...
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Central African Republic, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda . A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the crisis Over the last seven weeks following the declaration of the Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) epidemic on 15 May 2026, ...
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. While both indicators rose by one percentage point from the previous year, global coverage remains one point below 2019 levels – hovering within the same narrow range since 2009. According to the data, an estimated 13.5 million “zero-dose” children did not receive a single vacc...
Countries: World, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines . Governments must significantly accelerate action as the Region is currently not on track to meet global immunization targets for 2030. The 2025 WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC) show that m...
. Following the atrocities committed during the Rapid Support Force’s siege and attack on El Fasher, we remain gravely concerned about alleged severe violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law across Kordofan and Darfur regions, as well as Blu...
. Purpose This note summaries environmental policies and challenges associated with the response to the June 2026 Venezuela earthquakes. The information provided can be used to integrate environmental issues into plans and operations. This note focuses on shelter, formal and info...
. A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the crisis During 2024, Yemen’s rainy season (April-June and July-September) were marked by unprecedented rainfall, resulting in severe flooding that caused widespread destruction and displacement. These floods further exacerbated Yemen’s al...
. Description of the Event Date of event 28-11-2025 What happened, where and when? A low-pressure system that developed over the southwest Bay of Bengal near Sri Lanka on 25 November 2025 rapidly intensified into a deep depression by 26 November 2025, bringing heavy rains and str...
. Description During the early hours of 12 July 2026, exceptionally heavy rainfall triggered flash floods and mudflows in Telavi Municipality, Kakheti Region. The Telaviskhevi River overflowed its banks after intense precipitation, causing widespread flooding across urban areas, ...
. Autrefois verdoyant, le sol est désormais grisâtre. À la place de la verdure, s’étend une épaisse couche de cendres. Le contraste est glaçant : le relief noirci témoigne à lui seul de l’ampleur du désastre. Nous sommes à Nouna, un village situé à une centaine de kilomètres de D...
Countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali . Highlights As of May 2026, an estimated 85,630 refugees and asylum seekers, including 49,666 children, have fled to northern Côte d’Ivoire due to the worsening security situation in Burkina Faso and Mali. Since the beginning of 2026,...
. FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Favourable production prospects for 2026 wheat crop Wheat import requirements forecast slightly above average in 2026/27 marketing year Average inflation in 2026 declined to a five‑year low Favourable production prospects for 2026 wheat crop Harvesting of...
. This snapshot presents findings from the fifteenth round of the Gender Coordination Group (GCG)and the Humanitarian Access Working Group (HAWG) survey on operational trends following the 24 December 2022 ban on Afghan women working for international and national NGOs (I/NGOs), ...
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. FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Below‑average cereal production forecast in 2026 Total cereal exports in 2026/27 forecast below average Prices of wheat flour above the previous year’s level as of May 2026 Below‑average cereal production forecast in 2026 Harvesting of the 2026 winter cer...
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Countries: Spain, France, Croatia, Portugal .
. زيارة ميدانية لبرنامج سواسية ومانحيه تسلط الضوء على دعم إعادة تأهيل النساء وتعزيز خدمات العدالة المستجيبة للنوع الاجتماعي في فلسطين أريحا، فلسطين – ١٤تموز/يوليو ٢٠٢٦- أريحا، فلسطين – 14 تموز/يوليو 2026 – نظم برنامج سواسية المشترك زيارة ميدانية لشركاء التنمية الدوليين إلى مركز ا...
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. HIGHLIGHTS Community safety and access to food and basic services in Gaza are under increasing strain as the expansion of areas under Israeli control causes further displacement and disruptions in humanitarian assistance. The UN Humanitarian Country Team has warned of the inten...
Google AI’s co-founder argues for AI watchdog in the U.S.
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad . Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak update As of 11 July, national health authorities had reported 1,926 confirmed cases across Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Uele and Tshopo ...
Buffalo, N.Y., megachurch pastor pleads guilty to child abuse
Countries: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe . Much of Southern Africa transitioned from large-scale flood response to recovery during the second quarter o...
Countries: Sudan, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania . Eastern Africa remains one of the world's most severe humanitarian hotspots, with 48.5 million people in need of assistance in 2026. Conflict, displa...
. Summary At least 293 civilians were killed and 1,990 injured in Ukraine in June 2026. Following the sharp increase documented in May, civilian casualties continued to rise, reaching the highest total number of civilians killed and injured since April 2022.1 The June civilian ca...
. The trial begins on 14 July 2026 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Paris – Kinshasa, 14 July 2026 – On 17 May 2026, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that the current Ebola virus disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Repu...
. The confirmed infection of a U.S. humanitarian worker supporting the response in Bunia adds urgency to the protection of everyone working to contain the outbreak. Health workers, humanitarian personnel, community responders, laboratory teams, volunteers and operational staff ar...
. In the 2022 Strategic Concept, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) committed to mainstreaming human security – an approach that widens the traditional focus of ‘security’ from states to individuals and adopts a population-centric approach to conflicts – across its cor...
. The Uganda Roadmap on Anticipatory Action (2026–2031) provides a national framework for shifting disaster management from reactive response to proactive, forecast-based action. Developed through a multi-stakeholder process led by Uganda's Office of the Prime Minister with suppo...
Media groups decry DOJ subpoenas seeking NYT sources
. Data from Insecurity Insight shows that since fighting started between the SAF and RSF in April 2023 and 09 June 2026 at least 768 incidents of violence against or obstruction of access to health care took place across Sudan: Over two-thirds of these 768 attacks were attributed...
. There has been increasing realization that environmental issues are linked to the impact of disasters and that the way that humanitarian aid is provided can have positive or negative impacts on the environment. In some cases, the negative impacts can worsen, and prolong, disast...
. Key Findings • Nearly all assessed items were reported as having either no availability or low availability across all governorates in the Gaza Strip. The only exceptions were regular adhesive duct tape (non-construction quality) and re-used metal rebar, which were reported as ...
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. Summary At least 274 civilians were killed and 1,763 injured in Ukraine in May 2026, marking the highest total number of civilians killed and injured since April 2022. [1] This is a 93 per cent increase compared with May 2025 (191 killed; 865 injured) and a 23 per cent increase...
. DTM launched a new round of ETT on 14 June 2026 using an updated methodology to monitor displacement driven by conflict, as well as the climatic impacts of the El Niño phenomenon, which is expected to trigger significant displacement toward the end of the year. DTM teams collec...
. Bamako, July 14, 2026 While the number of displaced people in Mali is growing and funding is dwindling, DanChurchAid (DCA) Mali and its national partner, AAPPOR, continue to deliver support to tens of thousands of the most vulnerable among them with the support of the European ...
. Executive Summary Syria’s crisis, now in its fifteenth year, continues to represent one of the most severe displacement and protection emergencies globally. In 2025, an estimated 16.5 million people inside the country required humanitarian assistance, including more than 6.4 mi...
. The other three were just eight, nine and 10 years old. On Sunday, it was reported that another child, just nine years old, was killed in gunfire alongside five other people. As this violence from Israeli forces continues, death and injury can strike at any moment. Children who...
Countries: World, Australia, Cambodia, New Caledonia (France), New Zealand, United States of America, Vanuatu . Highlights/updates since the last map was sent on PacNet on 07 July 2026: Dengue • New Caledonia: As of 05 July 2026, a cumulative total of 2,181 dengue cases have been...
. The project will support over 1,000 farmers across the governorates of Aleppo, Idlib and Hama, some of Syria's most significant wheat-producing regions. Many of the beneficiaries are among those who were displaced during years of conflict and have now returned to their communit...
. WFP, the Government, and technical partners have completed the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, providing a comprehensive and shared understanding of food insecurity among urban, rural, and refugee populations. The findings are expected to be releas...
Countries: World, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Myanmar, occupied Palestinian territory . Due to the suspension of funding affecting our Protection in Danger project, all related monitoring, data collection, analysis, and reporting activities have been discontinued. As a result, the Prote...
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